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Aitgens — when some witnesses have moved 30 feet in iden-
tical photography, then something is wrong with the film.

It does not help for Burgess to state that "Livingstone believes
that all one needs to do is draw or paint on the surface of the
film." I am sure I never wrote that statement. An entirely
different means is used to animate an actual film from real life.
Color transparencies are used. Faking film is nearly as old as
the art of photography Itself.

The "Blob" I wrote about in High Treason 2 is very clearly
a fabrication. This year, Dr. David Mantik, Daryl I Weatherly,
Doug Mizzer and I spent many hours in the National Archives
studying the frames of the film, and Mantik finally said "It's
fake." The "blob" on the front of the face does not correspond
to any anatomic structure whatsoever. Close study clearly
shows that it is not a flap of skin, brain, or scalp. It bobs about,
showing clearly that it is out of register with each frame. The
location and position of the flap cannot correspond to what
flap might occur upon reflection of the laceration described
from front to back across the head starting above the right eye
at the hairline, as described by some autopsy personnel. This
laceration did not exist in Dallas and must have resulted from
movement of the body and broken skull during transport
which tore the scalp.

Burgess says that faking the "blob" would be a job for
"masters." It was. They did it. But It was relatively easy to
create. Burgess' caveat to the problems In faking all of this
does not hold water, but it is easy for those who chose to first
misstate how it was to be done, as he wrote, that I "believed"
that it was simply painted on the surface of the film. It is a
painting that was composed with the film. In some frames, the
whole scene in the llmo is clearly a painting, especially
Jackie's face.

As for the shadow on the back of Kennedy's head covering
over the hole seen in much later frames, (Doug Mizzer has
now captured the hole on film, and it is precisely where it was
said to be at Parkland) it can be clearly seen to be like pencil
or pen nriarks all scribbled in the same direction on some
versions of the film. They simply did not spot the hole in the
later frames.

It is impossible, knowing what we know now, for the
Zapruder film not to be fake, and it Is anything other than a
completely true image of the wounds Kennedy received that
day in Dallas.

The film showed the second head shot, which was not
simultaneous with the rear head shot. It came from the front-
— but farther down the street than 312. The film still has the

evidence of the second head shot from In front if you know
how to find It.

HELPER'S AID FOR THE ARCHIVES

by

Anna Marie Kuhns-Walko

I am writing this article in order to help others Interested in
obtaining the new documents. The JFK Records have moved
out to the new building known as Archives II which Is located
at 8601 Adelphi Road in College Park, Maryland. The size of
this building is 60, 247 square feet. When I am asked to give
a description of the new facility (Archives II), I answer that it
is a cross between the CIA (Langley Building) on the outside
and the inside is like an airport terminal.

Upon entering Archives II, you must first go to the Orienta-
tion & Research Room. There you will find out the necessary
paperwork to obtain your researcher's card. You will be told
of the rules and restrictions. Depending on your interests you
may even have an orientation with the staff In the field that you
wish to research. While at the Orientation & Research Room
any papers that you need to help you with your research must
be checked and stamped by them in this room. After leaving
this room you will go to the elevator and go down to the
bottom floor to the lockers room. All your personal belongings
must be stored In the lockers. After storing your belongings,
take the elevator back upstairs. Exiting the elevators, you turn
to your left. There you will find a security guard and check
point. They will check your researcher's card and any papers
that you had marked at the Orientation Room. Save yourself
a lot of time and make sure you do this before attempting to go
researching.

Presently, the Archives has shifted researchers to different
floors as the Central Research was not completed. I have been
told that this has recently changed. If you are interested in
sound recordings or film you would go to Motion Picture,
Sound & Video reference. If you are interested in pictures you
would go to Still Pictures, although there are JFK pictures
obtainable through the JFK Assassination Reference.

Upon entering and exiting the room you must sign-in and
out and before leaving, the guard downstairs will search all

Anna Marie Kuhns-Walko,
327 Vandenburg St.,
Washington DC 20336- 5485

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ilems. This is tiresome, yes, but if you follow the rules and don't
make too much of a hassle, it is well-worthwhile.

Security is throughout the facilities. You are constantly
monitored by not only the the staff but by an electronic
surveillance camera.

The National Archives have what they call Finder's Aids and
key subject listing. I was allowed to copy the Finder's Aid and
have since tried to keep up with the new material, whereas the
key subject listing continues to grow. Currently the subject
listing is four volumes long. This list is still growing with each
new release.

Now the exciting part, obtaining the boxes with material for
you to review. You must do the following things:

First , look up your item in the Subject listing. Fill out a
Subject Search Form and a wait the results. Be forewarned: this
may take anywhere from 3 hours to a week, depending on how
broad or long you make your subject search. INQIE: Archives
II was supposed to have an on-line terminal for researchers to
be able to do this themselves, but as of yet, this is still not
available.)

Second , once you obtained the results of the search you
have what they call RIF's (Research Information Form). Per-
sonally, I have obtained from as little as3 RIF'sto497fromone
computer search form with many names,
j Third, read your RIF's and fi 1 1 out the request forms for the

! boxes that you desire. There are four time-frames that they

j pullrecordsforJFK:9:00,11:00,1:00,andlastly3:00. INQIE:

I The time-frame is still the same but flexible depending on the

i work load.) It can take up to 2-3 hours before you have your

: boxes. This will give you time to look over your RIF's that you

I did not order.

: Fourth, check at the front desk of the Central Research Room

! for your boxes about thirty minutes after you turn your request

! in. If the boxes are available you sign and date the form. They

will go and get your records from either in the storage area for
a large request or from behind the desk for requests of two to
three boxes. Now you are in possession of your records.
Check them to make sure they coincide with what you
I ordered. They do pull wrong boxes and if you do not catch it

' right away you will be looking for a document that is not there

(i.e. some boxes have an a,b, and c to them).

Fifth , if you intend to copy any of the documents you must
have a debit card to insert into the machine by the copier. You
can obtain this at one of three main places: Central Research
Room, Cashier's Office (Ground Floor), or any of the other
rooms. All copies are made on legal size paper. You must

have each document checked before copying, unless you bulk
copy. Bulk copy is when you sign up for one hour of straight
copying time. In this respect you obtain a slug to place on the
copier so that all your documents have the JFK Act on it.
WARNING : The debit card machines sometimes keep the
large bills while giving nothing on the debit card. So if you
plan to copy a lot, go down to the Cashier s Office.

My first look at the files were not my own files. As I have
explained the long process to obtain them already, you will
understand that NO ONE told me these steps before hand. So
you are now one up on these steps. After waiting for 2 hours
for my records, there was an individual visiting D.C. who
already had files out. He was kind enough to allow me to look
at his files while I waited for mine to arrive. This involved
another uproar. They did not want us sharing files. When
asked why it upset them, their response was, "What if she
steals one!" and "You would be responsible for it." I turned
and looked at the individual and said, "I really dislike being
referred to as a thief repeatedly." It was finally agreed upon
that if he trusted me enough then it would be his responsibility.
So largely thanks to this stranger from Vancouver, I was able
to see the first of many files. Plus, my first visit was at The
National Archives.

1 have been asked how many files have I looked at and
honekly, I could not answer. I have 7 file cabinets full of
copied documents which I read before copying. Then, there
are the documents that I have read but did not copy. I've been
told by the JFK Task Force that I have pul led more fi les out than
anyone else concerning the subject. That was before I had to
take some time off to rest. Consider my visits to the National
Archives were everyday between 7-9 hours a day, and I ve
been known to spend 59 hours a week down there. Why so
much time? You have to realize that you run into delays such
as copiers breaking down and yourself. Once you tunnel
through the files and unearth that special document, you
actually lose track of time engrossed within the contents.

Some of the things I have researched since then have ranged
from the CIA, FBI, DIA, and Classified Subject, autopsy and
photographic material, eyewitness accounts files, etc. The
opposition in all this has said we would not find any smoking

guns, that everything had been revealed. This is not true. For

years eyewitnesses have been ridiculed for telling their infor-
mation. For instance, Ed Hoffman, was cruelly verbally
attacked in a recently released book on the assassination. For
years Ed has tried with no success to obtain this document. He
even fi led a Freedom of Information Act (FOI A) with no resu Its.
1 have on his behalf searched and found three of six documents

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of his material. The three I was not able to obtain for him were
Referred (withheld by the originating agency). So I sent the
numbers to him and told him what to do to obtain the referred
files. Did Ed's father say he didn't see anything? NO! Ed's
father stated that he believed that his son did not see any men
coming from the Texas School Book Depository, which we
know Ed never said. Ed Hoffman said they came and took
pictures of Dealey Plaza with him. The agencies said they
never did. Within the one document it not only mentions
these photographs but, also the type of camera, film, and
number of photos taken.

I have researched for not only myself but for many others
who cannot for a variety of reasons ranging from location or
just very frustrated.

Update on the new releases:

In May the FBI released Field Office Files from New Orleans,
Miami, Dallas, New York, Washington, and Mexico City,
along with the Senate Select Intelligence Agency Files. In June
they released more Field Office Files of the above plus, some
from Pittsburgh. This material is all original material. Both of
the releases have dynamite materials. What is Interesting is
that even the press finally conceded that the FBI had PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE of Lee Harvey Oswald's whereabouts.

In the most recent release was the Secret Service copy of the
Zapruderfilm. Thisfilmiscolor, inEXCELLENTCONDITION,
has sprockets only on one side. The date they received their
copy was 1 1/23/63. Wearecurrently not allowed to copy this
film or other photos released, till the preservation views it first.
Another envelope within this release states: Shell 7.65 found
in Dealey Plaza 12/02/63. The shell is not within the enve-
lope. It states on the envelope DETERMINED OF NO VALUE
AND DESTROYED . Right, no value to the official theory/
conclusion. Still another find is a 7 page ledger marked secret
showing who took pictures, when they obtained them, and the
agents involved. There was a James W. Powell taking pictures
within Dealey Plaza, his film was obtained from the 112th
Intelligence Unit. This ledger is the size of a map. Still another
Is a MURDER MAP handed to the FBI from H.L. Hunt!
Interesting MAP. Last, but not by far least: Photos of bullet
removed from President Kennedy's body . There Is more than
one, and definitely not the one I have seen before.

In June and July we had the release of the FBI Field Office
Files. Also, in the newly released documents of DOJCIVIL
1 82- 1 0001 -1 0034 1 45-1 2-3593, is the following Important
document: SHORTCOMINGS IN HANDLING OSWALD
MATTER BY FBI. Why is this document so Important? The
following was within it:

The Commission's report reflects that after the assassination
a number of boxes which appeared to be used as a gun rest by
Oswald in the Texas School Book Depository Building were
processed for fingerprints by both the Dallas Police Depart-
ment and the FBI. Some of Oswald's prints were found
thereon, but the Commission noted that "most of the prints
were found to have been placed on the carton by an FBI Clerk
and a Dallas Police Officer after the carton had been pro-
cessed with powder by the Dallas Police." This is a 1 2 page
document with much more.

On 20 September 70,000 pages were released from the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). These records contained
documents of individuals tied to Lee Harvey Oswald, the
Warren Commission investigation, other investigations of the
John F. Kennedy Assassination, anti-Castro activities, the
Garrison investigation and various other conspiracy theories.
Materials from files on Cuban-exile activities and organiza-
tions such as the Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC). The
documents are just waiting to be read. Of course you can have
them make copies for you at .25 per page, but if you are in the
neighborhood stop by and it will cost you .10 a page to copy
for yourself. No matter what battles I have been through at the
Archives, it was still a great experience. I have met and found
many wonderful friends and a few enemies that worked within
the National Archives and Archives II.

I have two parting things to say: First, I do not ridicule
someone else's theory even if I do not believe in them. My
feelings are that no matter how off the wall they may seem, this
individual may have some information (part of the puzzle) that
we do not understand or have. Secondly, we have traveled
through just over thirty (30) years of paperwork, bureaucratic
shuffle, and plain ignorance now it is your turn to read, decide,
and take a stand on WHO KILLED OUR PRESIDENT. Let's do
It right this time. Have the releases contained "a smoking gun"
as our critics like to ask? They have released "an armory full
of smoking guns, complete with attachments." What ever you
do, don't lose sight of what we all are fighting for, and that is
two-fold: THETRUTH & SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT !!!
Happy Hunting.

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